I.-MAMMALS. 



BY JOHN MURDOCH, A. M., Sergeant Signal Corps, United States Army. 



The following report contains all the information we were able to gather concerning the, mam- 

 mals inhabiting that portion of Northwestern Alaska traveled over l>y the Eskimos of Point Harrow 

 in their hunting and trading expeditions. 



From the character of the country and the necessarily confining nature of onr duties at the 

 station, much of it was obtained by hearsay from the natives, though The exploring and hunting 

 expeditions made by Lieutenant Kay and Captain Herendeen added considerably to onr knowledge 

 of some species. 



Marine mammals, of course, predominated in the immediate vicinity of the station, the Arctic 

 Fox and the two species of Lemming being the only land mammals that were at all abundant. Of 

 the larger mammals the most abundant are the Reindeer and the Ringed Seal, which form the 

 staple food of the natives. 



LIST OF MAMMALS. 



1. Caiiis occidentalis griseo-albus Bd. WOLF (Amdxo). 



2. Vulpes fulvus (Desm.) De-Kay. Run Fnx (Kaia'kliik, Kanii'ktua). 

 Zl>. Vulpes fulvus argentatus And. & Bach. JJI.ACK Fox (Knifi'ktiik'). 



3. Vulpes lagopus (Lirm.) And. & ISaeli. AKCTIC Fox ( Tcrt'giiniu'). 



4. Oulo luscus (Liun.) J. Ssil>. WOI.VEKIXE (A"tt'6u-i<7). 



5. Putorius erminea (Linn.) Griff. KIIMIXE ( Tcrl'a). 

 G. Ursus arctos ? BAKREN'-I;I:<>;-XH I'.EAI: (J -kqliik). 



7. Ursus maritimus Linn. POLAK ]'.]:AI: t Xii '). 



8. Phoca vitulina Linn. HARBOI: SEAL (A'osiV/i'a). 

 9.- Phoca foctida Fabricius. I!IXI;KD SKAI. (Xcti/i}. 



10. Eriguathus barbatus (FaljriciiiM <;ill. JIEAKDKK SJ:AL ( U'y'ru). 



11. Histriophoca fasciata (Zinnn. ' Gill. Kiiir.ox SKAL (Kaixvliu), 



12. Odobcenr.s obesns (III.) Allen. PA< n ic WAI.IJI'S (.1 ilnciik). 



13. Ovibos moschatfls (Gmel.) IJlainv. MUSK Ox ( rii/7iaii). 



14. Ovismontana (?) Cuv. MOTNTA.IX SHEEP: I'.naKiux (7 'mtica). 



15. Rangifer taraiidus groeiilaiidicus (Kerr.) REIXIJKKI: 



16. Elephas?sp. MAMMOTH. ( A'i/. gica). 



17. Beluga sp. WHITK WIIALK ( Kili'lyua'). 



18. Orca sp. Kn.i.i-.i: i .1 .hi). 



19. Mouodou monoceros Lhm. NAI:\VIIAI. (Tui/ti'Iiii). 



20. Baljenn inysticetus Liini. 1'oi.Aii WIIAI.K : ]!<>\VHKAK ( J 



21. Sorex forstcri llii h. I'OKSIF.I;'^ Sin;i:\v MDTSK (Cg'ru'nii). 



22. Myodes cb.3n&is I'.rants. '!'A\VNY LK-MMINI, (J'rwiSfl). 



23. Cuniculus torquatus - I B6. UI-DSO.N'S I!A\ LEM.MIXO. 



24. Spcrmophilus empetra (I'all.) Alltii. ]'AI:I:Y':-. Sri-.i.Mdrini.i: i 



25. Lepus timidus arcticus A!l< 11. l'm..\i: llAi'.i-:. 



